Latest Pennsylvania Headlines
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Scranton, Pennsylvania Agency CEO Arrested on Premium Theft Charges
Jul 7 2010 // Agents from the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Insurance Fraud Section have arrested the CEO of a bankrupt Scranton insurance agency, who is charged with the theft of more than $1.3 million in premiums that were...
Pratt Joins NSM Insurance in Pennsylvania
Jul 7 2010 // Geoff Pratt is joining NSM Insurance Group as director of Workers’ Compensation Programs. Pratt brings 23 years of underwriting and risk management experience in monoline workers compensation. He last served as vice...
‘Industrial Accident’ at Pennsylvania Gas Well Injures 2
Jun 21 2010 // An accident at a natural gas well in northern Pennsylvania injured two workers who were flown to a hospital for treatment, state officials said. Tioga County Emergency Management Agency Coordinator Dennis Colegrove said...
Pennsylvania’s PMA Cos. Acquired by Old Republic
Jun 10 2010 // Pennsylvania-based PMA Capital Corp. has been acquired by Old Republic International Corp. in a stock-swap transaction valued at around $365 million. The transaction is expected to close in the third quarter, pending...
Hub International Acquires Assets of Irus Corp.
Jun 7 2010 // Insurance brokerage Hub International Ltd. has acquired the assets of Pennsylvania-based employee benefits firm Irus Corp. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. In connection with the deal, some Irus employees will become...
Thomas Named Marketing Head at Millers Capital in Pennsylvania
May 20 2010 // Pennsylvani-based insurer Millers Capital Insurance Co. has named Tamrah Grae Thomas as vice president and chief marketing officer. She has more than thirteen years experience in the property and casualty insurance...
Insurer Won’t Pay Legal Costs in Pennsylvania Webcam Spying
May 17 2010 // An insurance company is balking at paying legal costs for a suburban Philadelphia school district accused of spying on students through laptop webcams. Meanwhile, a lawyer for a student suing the Lower Merion School...
Family Won’t Seek Class Damages for Pennsylvania Webcam Spying
May 14 2010 // A lawyer for the family suing a Pennsylvania school district for allegedly spying on students through school laptops says they won’t seek a class-action damage award. Lawyer Mark Haltzman says Lower Merion School...
Court: Pennsylvania City, Not Insurer, Must Pay Settlement
May 13 2010 // A federal appeals court says an eastern Pennsylvania city and not its insurance company must pay a multimillion-dollar settlement with the widow of a police officer accidentally shot by another officer inside police...
CRC Employees in California, Illinois, Pennsylvania Resign
May 6 2010 // CRC Insurance Services Inc. (CRC) – the largest wholesale insurance broker in the United States – released a memo to its customers stating that a number of CRC employees in Illinois, California and Pennsylvania...
Pennsylvania Judge Tosses Burned-by-Price-Scanner Suit
May 3 2010 // An Erie County, Pennsylvania judge has thrown out a lawsuit filed by the guardian of a 12-year-old girl who claimed the girl was burned and traumatized when a convenience store clerk allegedly aimed a hand-held price...
People
May 3 2010 // TD Insurance Inc. in South Portland, Maine, has hired Leah K. Halsey as an account executive in employee benefits. She is responsible for working with employers throughout northern New England to design, implement and...
Pennsylvania Exotic Dancer Charged with Workers’ Comp Fraud
Apr 30 2010 // A Pennsylvania woman has been charged with workers’ comp fraud after authorities found her moonlighting as an exotic dancer while collecting benefits from a waitress job she claimed she couldn’t do. In 2007,...
Norman-Spencer Acquires Pennsylvania-Based JC Stevens
Apr 29 2010 // Pennsylvania-based JC Stevens, a program underwriter specializing in cranes, has been acquired by Norman-Spencer for an undisclosed sum. “JC Stevens has a built a strong reputation as a quality underwriting and...
Ivey Appointed Head of CNA’s Reading, Pa. Branch
Apr 28 2010 // CNA announced that Robert Ivey, who recently joined the company as branch vice president of its Philadelphia office, has also been appointed branch vice president of its Reading, Pennsylvania office. In his new position,...
Insurer Won’t Pay Legal Costs in Pennsylvania Webcam Spying
Apr 26 2010 // An insurance company is balking at paying legal costs for a suburban Philadelphia school district accused of spying on students through laptop webcams. Meanwhile, a lawyer for a student suing the Lower Merion School...
Pennsylvania Judge Tosses Burned-by-Price-Scanner Suit
Apr 22 2010 // An Erie County, Pennsylvania judge has thrown out a lawsuit filed by the guardian of a 12-year-old girl who claimed the girl was burned and traumatized when a convenience store clerk allegedly aimed a hand-held price...
Pennsylvania Ordered to Add Millions to Malpractice Fund
Apr 19 2010 // A state court has ruled that Pennsylvania has mishandled a fund to help physicians pay malpractice premiums and ordered the state to transfer hundreds of millions of dollars out of its general fund to resolve a pair of...
Two Hurt in Fire at Pennsylvania Pipe Manufacturing Plant
Apr 15 2010 // Authorities in eastern Pennsylvania say two people were injured, one seriously, in a fire at a pipe manufacturing plant. The fire erupted after a furnace burst around 8:30 a.m. Monday at Victaulic Co. in Lower Macungie...
Delestienne Promoted to Corporate Trainer at USG in Pennsylvania
Apr 7 2010 // Commercial insurance broker USG Insurance Services Inc. has promoted Cara Delestienne to corporate trainer, based in the firm’s Pennsylvania office. This is Delestienne’s third promotion since joining USG in...
